My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.
BEVERLY SILLSA primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.
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A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.
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Opera is music AND drama. I’m prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time…
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Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.
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I can make a pretty tone as well as anyone, but there are times when the drama of a scene demands the opposite of a pretty sound.
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The Lourie Center eases the burden of children and their families through early intervention and diagnoses and treatment.
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There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn’t matter.
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Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality.
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I’ve always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores.
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There is no short cut to a place worth going.
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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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I think it is! I don’t feel overworked. I get a constant kick out of being heavily committed. Is that sick or something? God, what would I do sitting still?
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Art is the signature of civilizations.
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